The Maduro diet prevented the installation of a medical surveillance center in Caracas organized by the opposition

The day of care organized by the NGO Rescate Venezuela was partially frustrated by the intervention of the National Police in Caracas, where the installation of a health point was hampered while hundreds of people claimed to be able to be treated before the serious crisis raging in the country.

The so-called "humanitarian camps"They have been deployed in 10 states of the country, although the main drawbacks were found in Caracas, a few weeks after Nicolás Maduro's regime prevented the entry of foodstuffs and medicines offered by the country. International community.

Congressman Winston Flores said they had been forced to remove the canopies and materials needed to do the volunteer work. He insisted that even PNB officials had tried to prevent the activity taking place inside the houses.

A doctor who planned to participate in the day condemned the fact that the troops did not let the staff control the citizens suffering from diseases in the area.

"I saw a child who had a tumor in the armpit and I could not finish it because these gentlemen do not leave us, where is your heart? You think we play with people's lives, we have patients You can not call Venezuelans because we are not like that, "said the woman, a specialist in pediatric nephrology, in a video.

In any case, the activists felt that the overall balance had been positive because it was possible to badist more than 4,000 patients suffering from the health crisis and lack of attention and hospital supplies, aggravated by the recent blackout that had affected much of the country.

For its part, a crowd demonstrated Sunday in front of the central hospital of Barquisimeto "Antonio Maria Pineda", located in the state of Lara, to show the health crisis to the commission of the High Commission for Human Rights. The UN man who is in the country.

Although the commission's agenda is not public, local media said delegates could visit the health center. The people who were concentrated in front of the health center sought to talk to the UN commission to denounce the fact that the hospital was painted and equipped with equipment and medicines before the day. Announcement of their visit

"If they take medication that they refused to patients a few days before this visit to the UN, they show that they were kidnapped (…) by bachacionar -revenderlos- or allow these people to continue to die, "said former director María Pérez Hospital

Dozens of citizens were carrying signs demanding humanitarian aid because of the shortage of medicines and medical equipment registered for five years.

Since last weekend, a team of five from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has visited Venezuela to observe the situation in this region.

The official mission "aims to ensure that the High Commissioner (Michelle Bachelet) obtains unrestricted access (during a possible visit to Venezuela) to all persons and all places that she would like to visit, in order to get a clear view of the human rights situation in the country, "said the UN in a previous statement.

(With EFE information)